Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 July 1909 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

JMIS KD. DOA.NK, 1'ubtUher. jAsrnn, .... INDIANA. More women aro ranking spooohas, nr.d they are making botter ones, but the sam. ran t be said of thtlr plo. When t! sultan of Tarkty dies 23 gi:i.s w.i N? fired. American slang txast haw penetrated the Moslem em pire. Granting all that may be claim od fer the .i n plane, it Is not likely that It eur wi.l j.ut the Panama canal out . f busiat s Since :f has betu discovered that it is absotv.ly innocent the Standard Oi; i'onji.ain n.ay decide to Iw mora cartful m ih future. Arcor!.:.c to statistics, only flvo por cent of rt...rnao6 are dissolved by divorce o ,rts. The other ninety-five per cent mis and bear iL Vieiit:ti, Advancement is to bo encouraged and yet it has evolved perils whicl. ur forefathers never knew. The live vrire is one of them. In ordi r to see the preacher the Elgin people make the women take off their hau in church. They like to "watch" things at Elgin, you know. "When shooting a giraffe always aim fit the heart of the beasL If It Is Bhot in the head It may not find out for a da or two that Jt is dead. The o; :. rustic Inventor who has construct' J a fish rod which automatically measures and honestly v.-iphs each fiah as it is caught, will net er die a millionaire. "There Is nothing llko babies," says Mme. Schumaan-Heink. "to Improve the voice.- Yen, and there is nothing like babies to lncreare the number of voices. Whiskers may well be dispensed with, but as Ions as most men's mouths aro what nature made them, It is as well to hang on to the mustache In some instances. One thing the west-bound transcontinental traveler finCs hard to understand Is. why does the price of a ham sandwich jump 100 per cent as soon ar the Missouri river Is crossed. An Eskimo boy says civilization has done nothing but harm to his people. In brief, where they were satisfied to gnaw a tallow candle before, they now demand porterhouse and tenderloin steaks. A Chicago preacher has told his parishioners not to have regular habits. He probably thinks that If somo of the deacons could be broken of the habit of giving a nickel a Sunday, they might splurge with a dollar. The deaths of Algernon Charles Swinburne and George .Meredith withIn a month have deprived England of her greatest modern poet and novelist, but Alfred Austin and Hall Calne will hardly be willing to believe it. A girl who arrived at New York from Europe a few days ago rofused to land until she could be assured that she would not become a white clave, a fine reputation our police forces aro establishing for us abroad! A New York man has recovered iCZQ for the loss of a little toe. He proved to the satisfaction of he jury that it waa the only little toe he had on his right foot and that the loss of it imposed too much work on the other tots. There are a few college professors In this country who should take a year's lay-off and find out just what Is b lng preached in the churches. Somo i f them might be amazed to discover that we are no longer living In the sewnteenth century. An aeronaut out of Boston dropped 'ggs to ascertain just where he could land a stick of oxploslvo. It must be annoying to a suburban resident of the Boston district, reading his Emerron on the front steps, to stop an egg, e in the interests of aeronautics. A young man In Brooklyn is suing th police for 125.000 damages for photographing and measuring him loth" Bertlllon system, when ho was proved Innocent of any crime. He claims Hint his psrsonal prldo, self-re-spi rt. legal rights and nervous sys-t-m wf n injured to that extant, which collective wrongs certainly call for s )tne sul)fantiol soothing. On the e ther ban I. Mi police hold that porkoo8 are tb'n-skinned to an unjustifiable exu nt who can not pass over a little mistake like being ranked among the criminal population. Satisfied. This weather really cheers my soul. I writ1 it down as nice; It s much t .o warm for burning ebnl, Too c.ol for using Ice. Detroit Free Proas. Dogs. Dosa were hated by the ancient Hebrews and worshipped by the ancient Ft Mn,

"H00SIERISMS"

Little Items of Interest All Over the Length and Breadth of Indiana.

Wheat Harvest Is On. ! Wheat I. b:n harvened in all the southern ! ad Irma Counties this week. WMdoat Terrorizes Brazil. A fierce wildcat Is at large In Brazil and the natives are laying low, 'tis paid. Town Bosses Meet. The nineteenth annual mooting of the .Municipal League of Indiana con. veiiod at Lafayette last week. The Eternal Cause. ICiraor WlHard of Peru had a deslro to light out an old grudge over a woman with Bud Fisher, and the latter, in self-defense, fatally shot Willard. Two Drown In Attempt at Rescue. Nanua Kiskagon, age 13, and Chas. Oser, age 10, were drownod In the reeervoir of the Batosvillo water works while attempting to rescue a comrade. Never Too Late to Graduate. At .the commencement exerclsos of the Indiana State Normal School at Torre Haute, one of the 111 graduates was James T. Lewis of Bryant, CO years old. Pay $1,200 for Painting. "Peonies,' a $1,200 picture exhibited by Herbert Held, a New York artist, was announced as the choice of the Richmond Art Association for purchase this year. Dldnt Convince 'Em. Frank Pepper, aged 19 years, at Evansville, tried to convince some of his boy friends that he could eat fire. His face was disfigured for life, and he may lose the sight of one eye. Welcome News. The ÄlaeBeth-ävnns plant at Elwood announced that on July 1 the wages of all em-iloyes will be advanced 12 per cent. Three hundred men are employed here. Evansville Vell Rid of Him. Leon Ling, strangler of Elsie Sigel in New York, lived in Evansville for over a year. He conducted a chop suey restaurant at First and Locuat Streets five years ago. Plnnlck Exonerated. Herbert Orrin Pinnick, the Indiana boy who shot two men to death at Fairfield. III., when they attempted to "rough house" him because he had "beaten their time" with a girl, was exonerated by the coroner's jury. Girl Farm Hands In Union. The long-continued rains have greatly hindered farm work and corn is weedy in Union County. Farm laborers are In demand and are scarce. Girls have organized clubs and aro out hoeing corn for the farmers. Panic at Moving Picture Show. In a stampede following an explosion of gasoline during a moving picture show in the town hall of Somerset, Waba?h County, dozens were slightly Injured In the crush or b leaping from a second-story window. The building was saved. Miner Sentenced for Life. Roubon Wheat, a coal miner of Sullivan County, was found guilty of murder In the first dogree by a Knox County jury, after nineteen and a half hours' deliberation, and was sentenced to the State Prison for life. Some Baseball Game! What Is thought to be a new record in amateur baseball was made at Flora when the Flora team defeated Sedalia OS to 0. Sixty-three hits was the result of the Flora team's stlckwork. the list including five home runs, 11 triples. 14 doubles and 33 singles. Quick End to Murder Trial. The murder trial from Dubois Coun ty In which Frank Gehihausen and Frank Drach were charged with the first degree murder of Charles Schum. was suddenly ended in the circuit court at Boonevllle, when the defendants entored pleas of guilty to the count charging thorn with manslaughter. The murder of Schum occurred during a drunken brawl. Makes Getaway on Whfttaker's Mare. Guy Kable, who was sent to the Indiana Reformatory two years ago from Indlnnnpolis for stealing a horse, escaped last week from the Institution on Supt. Whlttaker's fine driving mare. Kable was working as a bricklayer In the stables when he slipped into the horse's stall, bridled it. and, leaping on Its back, was away llko a Hash. The horse waa found 10 miles east of here three hours later, but Kable has not been captured. " 1 " 1 No Publicity for These M. D.'s. The Wabash County Medical Association in seesion not only voted not to use printer's Ink In advertising, but also to request the Wabnsh press not to refer to nny physician In connection with any oporatlon or case. They do not believe professional dignity would permit their names evon in news wrltoups. Governor In New Role. State employes picnicked nt Indianapolis last weak. Gov. .Marshall waa one of the principals In a wrestling match.

Killed by Lightning Bolt.

Robert Twoomey. a young Martins vllioboy, was instantly killed by light uhig during u shower. Prison Like Home to Jareph. Bishop Jareph, 20 years old, who was paroled from the Indiana Rofurm atory for good behavior last winter, but later voluntarily returned when he became sick, died last week of tu berculoals. When ho returned he said that he had no home to go to, and that the reformatory was the only one he knew. He was sent up originally for robbery, from Posey County. No Test of Option Law Now. No test of .the constitutionality of tho County local option law will be made by the Supremo Court before next winter, as the court adjourns soon for Its summer vacation. Sov oral suits have been appealed to the Supreme Court, testing various phases of the law. Applications for licenses have boon made in Delaware and other counties that have been voted "dry." The purpose is to have a basis on which to test tho local option law. State Fair Premium List Out. Charles Downing Is distributing his annual literary effort, tho premium lists of the Indiana State fair. That he may get the booklet in the list of "best sellers'," he Is giving the edition away without charge, and has already mailed many thousands of them to live stock and other exhibitors over the country. The list shows that the pre miums for the fair amount to $75.350, or about double the sum of any other year. The prizes for the shows in the colossoum amount to more than $25.000. The entry lists in all depart meats of tho fair close on August 24. The fair opens on Labor Day, Septem her C. Hidden Treasure Legend Revived. An interesting legend of hidden treasure has been revived among the residents in Blackford and Jay Counties, who live near the old Godfroy Indian reservation, by the recent visit to that vicinity of two men who are supposed to have dug up a part of the treasure. The men are unknown. A farmer near the reserve says he found where the meu had dug up an Iron vessel that had left Its rusty Im print in the earth. The removal of the pot of hidden gold gave rise to the rumor of the pot of hidden gold supposed to have been left by old Chief Godfroy. The news soon spread and It was not long until tho entire neighborhood was searching the woods and fields and especially that part known as the burial ground of the tribe. Reminiscences were exchanged and stories of Godfroy's fabled treasure were retold many times. It is well known that Godfroy was a rich man but pioneers of Blackford County smile as they read in the local papers of the hidden treasure. About forty years ago Richard Swatchwood. a trapper, while chopping Into a tree, found a piece of sil ver wolghlng over twenty pounds, which had been hidden there. An old gun, used by the Indians, had three hundred pieces of silver In the butL Indiana's Vast Coal Wealth. According to the report or State Geologist W. S. Blatchley, which will be ready for distribution about Sept. 1. Indiana coal production for 190S showed a decrease of 1,253.411 tons In comparison with the production for 1907, or 9.4 per cent. This decrease was found to bo duo principally to the commercial, financial and manufacturing depression which set In in 1907 and continued well into 190S. Some of the Important points recorded concerning the coals of the State are the following: "Indiana coals are the peer of any (.with which they are called on to comjieie. "Recent experiments with coals from tho Linton field promise great success In coking. All Indiana coals will coke." "Indiana coals will produce producer gas of high mechanical value." "The following counties are practically all underlaid with coal: Parke, Vermillion. Vigo. Clay, Sullivan. Knox, Greene, Daviess, Martin. Gibson. Pike. uuuois. poscy, vamlorburg. Warren and Spencer, sixteen In all. "The coal meastires In the State are approximately 1,300 feet In thickness, but the main coal bearing divisions will be Included in 500 feet. "Indiana coals can be mined successfully and economically. "Indiana, on a conservative basis, has fifty billion tons of coal 'In sight.' or that can be mined. Of what is at this time considered a workable coal, the supply Is about fourteen billion tons. It Is being used at the rato of about 13.500.000 tons annually. If mining continues at the present rate the workable supply will last about one thousand years, but if it continues to Increase at the rate It has increased In the last decade, the workable supply will bo exhausted In about one hundred and fifty years. Sullivan County has the greatest supply, about ten billion tons being 'In sight.' Miners Drop 315 Feet Twelve forelcn miners wnrn mnm or less seriously injured whon a cage at the Klondike mine No. I, three miles west of Clinton, became immun. agoable and dashed from the pit open ing to mo oouoin of tho shaft, a distance of 315 feet. Several of the men are expected to die from their Injuries. Boy Fatally Cut by Scythe. Raymond Lucas, 0-year-old son of Lafayette Lucas of Advance, was fatally Injured by falling on a scytho with which the father waa cutting wecd9.

HINTS FOR THE FOURTH. Absorbent Cotton and CarronOII Should Be Prepared for Accidents. If a child playing with fireworks is slightly burned, with tho skin unbroken. It requires no attention. If a blister has formed, It Bhould be opened with a sterile needle, an ordinary new needle passed through a tlanie, and tho contents allowod to trickle out without roniovlng the skin. Then cover with a piece of sterile gauze on which a small quantity of carbollzed vasolln has been smeared, and bandage lightly. If the child Is badly burned tho clothing should bo cut, never pulled from the burn. If It sticks to the wound apply pleutlfully warm oil, either olive or cottonseed. Tho Injured parts should then be Immersed in a Btrong solution of bicarbonate of soda, a tablespoon to a pint of warm water, or tho solution can ho gently poured on from a ball of absorbont cotton. If the burn is very bad. carron-oll should be applied afterward. Carron-oll consists of equal parts of linseed-oil and lime-water, and Is exceedingly soothing and healing. Cut off enough sterile gauze to cover the parts, soak it with carron-oll and apply to the burn, then cover with dry gauze and bandage lightly. Burns of considerable size should never bo exposed to the air. Neither should strong antiseptic solutions be applied, as a good deal Is absorbed into the skin from a large surface and the child may become poisoned In this way. Children should be instructed to keep cool and retain their presence of mind in case of catching tire. It should bo remembered that flames always rlso upward, therefore to stand upright and rush about Is the worst possible thing to do. If a child becomes panic-stricken, it should be forc.jiy held down, and a heavy covering of some sort thrown over It. Always stand at the head of a person In flames and throw a heavy cover toward the feet. This will turn the flames from the head toward the feet. This saves the face and head and extinguishes the flames quickly. If medical aid Is delayed In arriving, soak the burn parts In bland oils, carron-oll If It can be procured. In the meanwhile with olive or cottonseed oil. The New Idea Woman's Magazine. - KING CHRISTIAN KICKED HIM. Royal Bandmaster Forgot to Play "The Star-Spangled Banner." A short time after the Civil War, writes a correspondent of the New York Times, a small fleet of our ships took the then Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Gustavus V. Fox, to Europe to cultivate international friendship. While In Copenhagen the late King Christian invited Mr. Fox and the principal officers of his fleet to dine. The following Incident of the visit was related to me by the late Rear Admiral Alexander Murray, who was then in command the monitor Augusta: "From my seat at dinner I looked

out on the pleasant lawn where the band was stationed. After the prlnci pal business of the dinner was over. at the Invitation of King CLristian the glasses were filled and, all the table being at attention, his majesty arose and with due formality proposed 'The President of the United States. Glasses were raised, but the King paused, glared over his shoulder and abruptly left the dining hall. Tho guests, upon Invitation of an aid, re seated themselves. "Ina few minutes I saw the band master come hurriedly into sight, fol lowed by the King, who kicked him across my field of view. Shortly after the King returned to the dining hall, took his place at the head of the table. and, the guests having risen, again proposed 'The President of the United States. As he raised his glass the band struck up 'The Star Spangled Banner.' With a satisfied smile his majesty emptied his glass. "King Christian was democratic and kind and beloved by his people, but all things had to be done decently and in order or he'd know the reason why." Facts About Firecrackers. The greater part of the almost $2,000,000 worth of firecrackers annually exported by China comes to New York. And the United States stands next to China In its use of them. Thousands of Chinese men, women and children work at the making of firecrackers, for there are no manufactories there, tho work being done by hand. They receive only about $1.40 for making 10.000 firecrackers, laboring from six In the morning until eleven at night seven days a week. So a Chinese woman or child works like a slave for two days to cam what Is spent on a few bunches of firecrack ers by the urchin bent on doing justice to tho Glorious Fourth. Keep the Flag Flying. The late Senator Hanna of Ohio In a speech on an appropriation bill said: "I favor the erection of public buildings In every county and, if possible. in every town In the land. I favor such legislation because, although cost ly, it keeps the Hag floating before tho people, nnd it pays ultimately in the lessons of patriotism which our yoiing people learn as they grow up. Know ing the flag Is to love It, and It should bo kept before the people." -New York Tribune. Some Fourth of July Proverbs. A lit firecrnckcr In the hand Isn't worth two In the pack. There Is no use pulling the trigger after the gun has been fired. Do not look a gift cannon in the mouth. Never light your Roman candlo at both ends. It Is tho plnwhcel that loses by do ing a good turn. One swnllow doesn't make a spring nor one firecracker a Fourth. Patriotism. A man's country Is not a certain area of land, but it Is a principle, and patriotism Is loyalty to that principle George William Curtis.

How the Flowers Kept the Fourth. Down In the garden bosldo the wall, A whisper ran through tho blossoms nil (It hognn with the brown bee's humming) : "We must' wake tomorrow, ho dressed and gay, For blithe and merry and bold, this way, With music nnd inarching and mirth, thoy say, Tho Fourth or July Is coming!" The Trumpot-Vlne, In tho early morn, Illew a jubilant blast on her shining horn, The Hluobolls softly were ringing. And pop! pop! pop! the paths beside, Went a hundred buds, as they opened wide, Their sweets to tho breezes flinging. The Milkweed's silvery bombshells burst, And tho Thistle her feathery fireworks first Sent out to the sunshine dancing. The gay little Snap-Dragon snapped away, And the Flags by tho brooksldo waved all day,

Whore tho Swordgrass bright was glancing. " The Scarlet Geranium burned red fire; The Salvia flamed In a splendid spire At eve In the dusk uprising: The Sunflower shot out his golden rays, And the crimson Hollyhocks stood ablaze, And tho Bluebells loudly were ringing. The Fireflies, flitting tho leaves among, A million lamps in the bushes hung; The crystal dews were beaming; And the tall white Lilies held a-row Their shining candles, where below Tho Myrtle stars' were gleaming. Margaret Johnson, in Farm and Home. Jes' Plain Torpedoes. The good old Fourth's a-comln' the best day In the year. And little chaps get anxious-like when once it's drawin' near; They talk of firecrackers and they dream about the noise, The dear old Fourth was certainly jes' made fer little boys. Dill's got a great big cannon, with fuse you have to light, And lots of great big crackers that's filled with dynamite; But I'm a little feller ain't half as old as he, And I guess that plain torpedoes will nave to do for me. Pa says that giant crackers ain't fit fer utile cnaps. He's sore on all toy pistols and hates these paper caps. He don't Intend his children shall ever celebrate By blowing off their fingers he says they'll have to wait. "You're nothln' but a baby," my father says "as yet, And daddy can't quite spare you; he needs you bad, you bet Bill's got some giant crackers? Well, that I know is true, But I guess that plain torpedoes will have to do for you." It's hard to have big brothers and watch them at their play, And jes' to be a little chap and sort o in the way; To have folks always tell you, you can't do thus and so. Because you're Jes, a little chap not old enough, you know. But ma, she sees I'm tearful, so she takes me In her lap And says: "Why, what's the matter? You're cryln', little chap." Then, as she bends to kls3 me, I'm brave as I can be, I guess that plain torpedoes are good enough for me! Louis E. Thayer, In Woman's Home Companion. A Fourth of July Wish. I wish I had lived for a single day In the city of William Penn; I think I'd have shouted my voice away With the rest of the people, when The bell In the steeple rang out to the sky The very first time on the Fourth of July. I wish I had stood in the buckled shoes Of a minuteman's boy, and heard How old Independence rang out the news Oh' I don't think I'd wait for the word, But I'm pretty sure I would show them that I Was willing to own the first Fourth of July. I wish I had worn a three-cornered hat In the cl- of William Penn; My heart would have beaten a rat-a-tat In the crowd with the mlnutemen, To hear the bell ring and the merry news fly That this was the very first Fourth of July. Youth's Companion. Unpatriotic Flies. Congress on July 19, 177G, ordered tho Declaration passed on the Fourth, fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and style of "The unanimous Declaration of tho 13 United States of America, nnd that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress." It was a sultry day In August. Jefferson, when In a genial, reminiscent mood, was accustomed to say that the signing was hastened by swarms of flies that came Into the hall through the open windows of tho statchouse from n livery stable near by. Tho day's business had been arduous. It was hot and sticky, nnd tho flics assaulted tho sllk-stocklnged legs of the honorable members with vigor nnd real Tory vlndlctlvoness. With handkerchiefs and all available papers the fathers of liberty lashed the flies, but with no avail. Tho onslaught became unendurable and tho members, capitulating, made haste to sign and bring the momentous business to a close. Of tho fifty-six signatures not all wero attached even nt this date. Washington Star. What you glvo is meaoured by why.

PARIS FASHION HINTS.

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2.1G1. Childs' One-Pleco Dr. Bishop Stylo. Persian or Vb-. lawn or batiste aro excellent ma' for this dainty dross. I-Tro slz9 years. 1741. Girls' Juniper Dross. Guimpe and Plaited Skirt. I percalo In any shado developUly In this style. Four sizes, i, -yearr. 2351. Girls' and Childs' R. Linen, duck, or pongee are j.i developed in this style. Four 2 to S years. 2332. Girls' Low-Necked T with Yoke, Collar and Short P.Dotted Swiss or plain or II" v lawn, makes up prettily in this t. Four sizer, C to 12 years. 2330. Girls' and Childs' Ru Dress and Bloomers. A good i for checked or striped gingham or linen. Five sizes, 2 to lit yi , ' ian ' d.3 ! tO -h 'd i 12 'r. M!y "3, SS, 'd 1. -an S040. Two designs for ladhs t misses' hose, to be embroidered mildly with cotton or silk on lis:- r silk hose. Two patterns of eaci, Jesign are given. To transfer the attorn to the hoso, slip a strip of a'dboard inside the leg, put the pa" rn In place, and press with a hot 1 n. Do the embroidery over a darning & Fashion Editor, 400 Century Build eg, Indianapolis, Ind.: Inclosed please find 10 cents. PI send Paris Pattern No Size Namo Address She's All Right, Too. The pensive maid, Serene, nstute. The girl arrayed In bathing suit. The stunning queen In raiment new, With stately mein, The golf girl, too. Tho damsel neat In yachting dress, The one petite, With auburn tress, Tho hammock miss With accents low, The girl you kiss Before you go. The artloss, coy. Confiding pet, And (votes, ahoy!) The suffragette I love them nil, Sodato or gny, Or large or small, Or any way. I love the lot Thoy do not care, Though; love they've got From everywhere. I'm at tholr feet. I'm free to state T But oh, you sweet ' Girl graduate! o. Chlcaco News. -First Arc Lamp. Ti,o firot nm inmn la attributed to V...o wl.r. nlianrveil that Wlieil .1 CUrrent Is led across two sticks of pure carbon In contact with one another, nnd these are subsequently with.tn ..... l,n mirrnnt rnntlmies to flOW Uiiltvii, HIV - across the gap produced, thus creat ing an arc. A Literary Paradox. A paradox. It seems to m-. That when a story teller Has penned a Up-top story ho Should hear it dubbed a "seller New York Herald. A Mere Trifle. Sapphcdd You saved me from lng killed uy tnai nuiu. i imf clmtt r ever nav vex lifo r.. .,.., Vinnt tiinn. ilnn t vou lt'l trifling debts like that worry you! Conquest. Knicker Wo have achieved tho con quest of the nlr. Bocker Except tho hot variety. New York Sun. Curious. Whene'er I break a dollar bill, My wonderment Indreases At this sad fact, try how I will, 1 cannot save the pieces. Detroit Free Press.